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Powerful from Mary Bosworth, who has had unprecedented access to deportation flights.

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Australian citizen detained 32 times at Sydney airport accuses border force of systemic racism

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Understanding the harms experienced by people both subject to & inflicting border violence offers a route towards “an alternative approach—one that reimagines and replaces exclusionary infrastructure with new sites and practices rooted in shared aspirations and inclusion.” @mfbosworth.bsky.social

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“The danger of taking the Home Office too literally in its discursive or visual accounts, is that we fail to hold up to scrutiny the levels of financial investment in this system.” @mfbosworth.bsky.social on why (and how) we should resist the border spectacle. blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...

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Join us online for this book event on Wednesday 26/02 at 4pm GMT

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If you're an arachnophobe, Kathryn Schulz has an unusual recommendation for you in the @newyorker.com: check out a copy of The Lives of Spiders! www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

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I wrote a blog post for @bordercrim.bsky.social about that ridiculous Home Office video of a deportation : blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...

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Ooh you can review my book…

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HO released disturbing footage of deportation charter flights. A new blog by @mfbosworth.bsky.social reflects on her research into the detainee escorting system. What's not shown in this video? The resistance, the chaos, the sorrow, the fear. 📑Read more below: blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...

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Electronic Immigration Network (@ein-website.bsky.social) features the joint briefing on the UK government's new Border Security Bill by Border Criminologies (@vickytaylor.bsky.social) and @humansforrights.bsky.social in their latest article. Read more here: www.ein.org.uk/news/border-...

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Eva Spiekermann examines how the German parliament passed an anti-migrant motion with far-right AfD votes. She explores how a border spectacle paved the way for its passage and the broader implications of this non-binding motion: https://buff.ly/4hVssOY

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Warm thanks to Professor Audrey Macklin for her recent talk, 'No Exit: Preventing Exit to Prevent Entry'. If you missed it you can listen to the podcast now:

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What's your plan for this #InternationalWomensDay? Be among the first to watch Removed, an animation that tells the stories of many through the voice of one woman—Hope—followed by a long table discussion to be an expert and a participant! Find out more here👇 www.aviddetention.org.uk/article/avid...

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In response to the Border Security, Asylum & Immigration Bill introduced by the UK government on 30 Jan, Border Criminologies (@vickytaylor.bsky.social) and @humansforrights.bsky.social issued a briefing on the criminalisation provisions related to irregular arrival: www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/news...

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If you live in Oxford you can take adult (& kids!) bikes which are in decent condition to @asylumwelcome.bsky.social on Magdalen Rd and their Sanctuary Wheels project will make sure they go to refugees who need them.

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Are you in based Amsterdam? Come along to our Visual Assembly next week on 20th February at OBA! Will our City of the Future be governed by residents or fall under the control of a merciless corporation? We'll discuss, imagine & think about ideas for Cities of the Future!

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ICE just updated their detention statistics, but the facilities tab still shows data from the previous report two weeks ago. Nothing references any population detained at Guantánamo Bay. www.ice.gov/detain/deten...

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And also for those despairing of NEH etc @britishacademy.bsky.social has opened the call for a two year visiting international fellowship, tho pay is uk-style www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/inte...

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Just a reminder that @oxfordcrim.bsky.social has a three year lectureship. Details here: www.law.ox.ac.uk/departmental... and I’m the named info person, so feel free to email me if you have questions abt the post

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Thinking of my US humanities colleagues; just catching up with the NEH announcement from earlier this week. No gender, nothing related to DEI issues or access, no environmental justice. I guess no humanities at all then. www.neh.gov/executive-or...

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Share this incredibly useful guide from @right-to-remain.bsky.social with everyone you can. Knowing your rights, and how to protect others, is as important as ever as the Labour Government copies the hostile, anti-migrant tactics of the previous one.

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Have you subscribed to our newsletter yet? Don't miss the chance to become a member, stay up to date with our latest news, and share your exciting updates with us! Subscribe here: blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...

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[New Blog 🖊️] Anna Mason argues that the Family Case Management Program (FCMP) under Obama showed that humane immigration policies work - and that its termination under Trump illustrates that politics, not feasibility, dictates US immigration policy:

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🗣️CHECK IT OUT🗣️ Interested in guest editing for #TheoreticalCrim? We are now accepting proposals for our 2027 Special Issue! Check out our full guidelines for special issue proposals and submit yours by April 15: journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/cm...

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Busy in online training hell. Currently on the BYOD session. wishing it was BYOB instead... why oh why do we have to do these things? Apparently I'm not meant to leave my computer on when I leave the room or to give out my password. Up there with checking whether my student's passport up to date

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Going back to aus for first time in a decade next month and freaking out a bit. Any advice for long haul flight (economy) and jet lag? How on earth is it even possible????

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Research internship opportunity ⬇️ #MigrationStudies #Borders #SocialSciences

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Border Criminologies' Masters’ Dissertation/Thesis Prize is still open for applications until 23 March 2025! Two winners will receive £200 and a £100 Routledge book voucher, plus the opportunity to share their findings on our blog. Spread the word! For more info:

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This should be changed asap. If we give someone refugee status, it can't be right to then refuse them route to become a British Citizen. To say they can have a home in our country, but never a place in our society and be forever second class. freemovement.org.uk/good-charact...

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@oxfordcrim.bsky.social is hiring. We are looking for a 3-year Departmental Lecturer in Criminology (to replace me while on leave). Friendly colleagues, wonderful students, supportive environment. Open to all areas of the field. Closing date midday Monday 10th March www.law.ox.ac.uk/departmental...

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Anyone know why the deportation video seems to show HO staff doing the escorting? No Mitie insignia visible. The only ‘branding’ is “immigration enforcement”. The uniforms do look like HO. I know they sometimes assist but are they running whole operations now? Footage v similar to US govt’s DVIDs 😳

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Deadline for abstracts is this Friday! ‘Race, Refuge & Repair’ @uctlaw.bsky.social with @bordercrim.bsky.social @refugeestudies.bsky.social & KCL Law with E. Tendayi Achiume, @madlingozi.bsky.social @mfbosworth.bsky.social, @seanmacr.bsky.social & Siphamandla Zondi law.uct.ac.za/sites/defaul...

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@oxfordcrim.bsky.social has a three-year departmental lectureship while @ianloader.bsky.social is on leave. Please do consider applying. It's a great dept with wonderful students and a good balance of teaching and research time. Info here: www.law.ox.ac.uk/departmental...

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The new ‘Border Security Bill’ heralds the legal & political end to the UK/Rwanda migration deal but life at the border, whether in the English Channel or in Kivu, remains securitized. My latest for @bordercrim.bsky.social buff.ly/4i0arzd @vickytaylor.bsky.social @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social

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In response to the UK government's new Border Security, Asylum, and Immigration Bill, @vickytaylor.bsky.social and Catriona Götz have written this blog post analysing the implications of this bill and how it may further criminalise people on the move: blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...

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Funding available for women-led, anti-racist movements across England & Wales r1.technology-trust-news.org/cr/AQib4xUQ7...

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I know there are more important things to be getting on with at present, but could we just ban Sharepoint please... for all work related activities... why are all uni docs so IMPOSSIBLE to access?

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New on the blog! @vickytaylor.bsky.social and Catriona Götz discuss the new offences on Labour's Border Security, Asylum and Immigration bbill, which would significantly expand the state’s ability to use criminal powers against those it labels as having played a role in ‘facilitating migration’.

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We argue that the proposed new offences will imprison more people trying to seek safety and a better life in the UK This is already happening - over 550 people have been imprisoned 2022-24 for crossing the Channel. @captainsupportuk.bsky.social works in solidarity with them.

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Timely joint statement by NGOs including some of our members following the Greek Ombudsman’s press release concerning #Pylos shipwreck. 🔊"Accountability for the wreck of the Pylos shipwreck and justice is the minimum justification for the victims and is a requirement for our democracy."

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New from Free Movement: Job Ad: No5 Barristers Chambers are Inviting Tenancy Applications in Immigration | Free Movement

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Probably the hardest frost of the winter (so far) in Oxford this morning: many cycle paths won't have been gritted so take care!

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[New Blog 🖊️] Dr Sylvie Da Lomba shows that a hostile approach lives on in the UK’s Labour border policy - despite the scrapping of the Rwanda scheme: https://buff.ly/3WLK0VB

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We invite papers exploring the relationships between colonial & postcolonial governance, international law, migration, and refugee protection for this colloquium featuring keynote speakers Prof. Tendayi Achiume & SA Human Rights Commissioner @madlingozi.bsky.social : www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...

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